DIXIE JAM

OK, so we headed for St. George for a Dixie Jam Dance competition. Mikes Dance company competed down there. We made a fun little trip out of it. The weather was perfect and Mom had all the food we could possibly eat! THANKS MOM! We got down there Friday night and ate tons of food right off the bat! We had crab salad, potato salad, relish trays, chips and salsa, chicken, orange chicken, fruit, and chips! Good stuff. The girls did a little swimming at the pool after we ate. We took Ash down with us. She is such a great person to have around! We all love her. After swimming everyone came back and showered and got ready for bed. Because we had Ash with us we had to improvise on our sleeping arrangements a bit, but we made it work. Me and Kurtis took the guest bedroom, Mike and Ash took the Den with the Hide-a-bed, and Steph and Sam used the eggshell mattress from on top of the hide-a-bed and slept in the living room. Hey they were so tired they could have slept in the bath tub and been fine. LOL. You can click on the pics to make them larger if they are hard to see.So we got up the next morning and I of course pulled out the chips and salsa for breakfast. Then john cooked everyone up a nice breakfast which he always does. He has my whole family hooked on turkey bacon. When we come down he knows to stock up on it! Then we got ready and headed on down to the Dixie Jam competition. Lots of people there, no seating (unless you wanted to watch the back of the dancers), and 170 dance teams. Mike had to be there at 10:45, then they danced around 1:00, then went back at 7:00 for the award ceremony. Her dance company took first place in their division. They did a great job!






They did alot more swimming in between competitions and after competitions. They gave the outdoor pool a whirl, but I think they decided the sun hadn't heated it up enough yet so they all went to the inside pool.


While the girls were swimming me and mom hung out in the exercises room showing off our grand muscles......ya right! LOL
One of my favorite things is to go down and play with my Moms moody cat Koda! That thing is so gosh darn cute that you want to love on it but he is not very lovable. But I keep trying! They just had him shaved. It's a good thing it got warm down there, cuz the poor cat was freezing without his fur!
We did alot of eating, relaxing and playing ball besides swimming when we could. Life was good! The weather was amazing!

We even got a chance to visit with Colby, Natalie and Trevin. That Trevin is such a character! He is so entertaining. He's sure growing up though! My favorite thing was how well he cleaned up the toys when him and Nat sang "clean up clean up". Natalie will you come and sing that with my girls and teach them how to clean up!
It was a good little trip and I'm glad we got the chance to go. It made me hungry though for warm weather up here! I hope the warm sticks around for a bit so we can all feel a nice change of the seasons. Got to love having four seasons don't ya! At least I do.